Leonid Isaev wrote:
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:07:18 +0100 Geert Hendrickx <...> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:55:55 -0600, Leonid Isaev wrote:
Actually, what is stupid is keeping /tmp in RAM. It is an important dir, where you might have an valuable info in case of a system crash. I could never understand the logic behind this choice.
/tmp is important, yes, but it is for _temporary_ files. If they should be preserved across a system crash, use another directory for them! Haven't you ever wondered about /var/tmp and the like?
Reducing disk i/o.
I find this a very weak excuse, because the normal desktop operation is not I/O bound, and the dafaults must be safest. If you compile a lot/use a lot of DB stuff, just mount /tmp to RAM in fstab but this is a special case.
Well, I do a lot of compiles on my desktop system. I sencerely hope you accept this excuse. I consider pacman installs important enough to warrent the users choice as to where extracted temp files go. clemens